Word · Frequency #21007
tusk
/tʌsk/
verb
用獠牙或角刺伤
To gore, stab, or pierce with tusks or horns.
- 1.
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
用獠牙掘起,如野猪。
- 2.
To gore with the tusks.
用獠牙刺伤。
- 3.
stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
用角或獠牙刺戳
用獠牙掘起；用獠牙掘起,如野猪。；用獠牙刺伤。；用角或獠牙刺戳；以长牙刺戳
In use
The wild boar tusked the soft earth to uncover roots and insects.
The wild boar tusks the muddy ground whenever it smells food below.
A frightened elephant may tusk the nearest tree, so keep your distance.
Verb forms
base tusk · third person tusks · -ing tusking · past tusked · past participle tusked
规则动词，过去式和过去分词直接加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- tusk the ground
- 用獠牙掘地
- The boar tusked the ground in search of roots.野猪用獠牙掘地寻找树根。
- tusk someone in the leg
- 用獠牙刺伤某人的腿
- The warthog tusked the tourist in the leg.疣猪用獠牙刺伤了游客的腿。
- be tusked by
- 被……用獠牙刺伤
- The poacher was tusked by the elephant he had wounded.偷猎者被他打伤的大象用獠牙刺伤了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象野猪用两根弯月般的tusk（长牙）拱土、顶伤敌人，这个动作就是动词tusk。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：wildlife documentaries、zoology、hunting narratives tusk 作动词时通常不用于日常口语，多用于书面或专业语境，如动物行为描述、野生动物纪录片或狩猎/观察场景；意思多为动物用獠牙掘起或刺伤。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tusk /tʌsk/ 押韵，均含 /ʌsk/ 音。注意：tusk 与 task 拼写相近，但 task 读作 /tɑːsk/（美式 /tæsk/），并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.